[Zedwardson]

Looking back at the 1901 first round

Draft first round is as follows for the year of 1901

Round 1, Pick 1 - Salt Lake City Saints: SP Josh Leighton, age 22 out of college (Auburn; Auburn, AL)

Retired in 1914, 11 years of service

Round 1, Pick 2 - Baltimore Black Sox: SP Chris Duhon, age 22 out of college (San Diego State; San Diego, CA)

Retired 1917, 11 years of service

Round 1, Pick 3 - Pittsburgh River Rats: SP Casey Jones, age 21 out of college (UIC; Chicago, IL)

Retired in 1907, 2 years service (ulnar collateral ligament tear ended his playing days)

Round 1, Pick 4 - St. Louis Blues: 2B Jimmy Swedenburg, age 22 out of college (Dallas Baptist; Dallas, TX)

Retired in 1913, 1x all star, 8 years of service

Round 1, Pick 5 - Toronto Alouettes: CF Joe Bickford, age 22 out of college (South Florida; Tampa, FL)

Rookie of the year, 2x world series champ, 2x all star, retired in 1913 after 11 years of service.

Round 1, Pick 6 - Dallas Bluebirds: SP Eric Sullivan, age 23 out of college (Radford; Radford, VA)

Still in league, 1916 pitcher of the year, 2x playoff series mvp, 2x all star, 6x world series winner. 14+ years of service

Round 1, Pick 7 - San Francisco Gold: SP Nick Murphy, age 20 out of college (Stanford; Stanford, CA)

Retired in 1913, 9 years of service

Round 1, Pick 8 - Philadelphia Biscuits: CF Frank Kincaid, age 19 out of high school (Plano East; Plano, TX)

Free agent , ROY, 4x all star

Round 1, Pick 9 - Charlotte Copperheads: SP Jake Johnson, age 23 out of college (Washington; Seattle, WA)

Retired in 1913, 8 years of service


Round 1, Pick 10 - Detroit Acorns: CL Robby Babinski, age 22 out of college (Alcorn State; Fayette, MS)

Still in league, 3x all star 10+ years of service

Round 1, Pick 11 - Buffalo Bears: SP Josh Vines, age 18 out of high school (Olney Friends; Barnesville, OH)


Retired in 1916, 1x all star, 2x world series champ. 10 years of service

Round 1, Pick 12 - Boston Clippers: SP Dave Bragg, age 21 out of college (Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA)

Retired in 1916, 9 years of service

Round 1, Pick 13 - Brooklyn Loons: SP Victor Barrientos, age 23 out of college (North Carolina State; Raleigh, NC)

Retired 1913, 6 years of service

Round 1, Pick 14 - Detroit Acorns: SP Matt Wright, age 22 out of college (North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC)


Retired 1909, 163 days of service (just was a bust)

Round 1, Pick 15 - Milwaukee Hops: 2B Steve Malm, age 21 out of college (Long Beach State; Long Beach, CA)


retired 1915, 9 years of service


Round 1, Pick 16 - Atlanta Fire: SP Ben Ehrlich, age 19 out of college (Miami (FL); Miami, FL)

Retired 1915, 1 year of service


Round 1, Pick 17 - Boston Clippers: SP Dave Chaidez, age 22 out of college (Tennessee; Knoxville, TN)

Still playing (A Ball), 3x all star, 14 years service

Round 1, Pick 18 - Dallas Bluebirds: SS Eric Mann, age 21 out of college (Georgia Tech; Atlanta, GA)
retired in 1915, 8 years service

Round 1, Pick 19 - New York Titans: CF Josh Summers, age 18 out of high school (Carver; Columbus, GA)

Retired 1917, 1x MVP, 4x all star